Adding Natural Resource Indicators: An Opportunity to Strengthen the MCA Eligibility Process

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) currently uses 16 indicators of governance and policy performance to determine a country’s eligibility for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) finance. The MCC is proposing several changes to its selection process this year. While most of these changes are modest, the addition of two natural resource management indicators, as "supplementary" data initially, is significant. This note focuses on the natural resource indicators; a subsequent analysis will examine the other proposed changes and the implications for country selection.

• Read Sheila Herrling's Blog post: Shape the Debate on the MCC's FY2007 Eligibility Criteria
• For all CGD research on the Millennium Challenge Account visit our MCA Monitor
• Read MCC’s September 11, 2006 press release on the addition of the two new indicators